Pg… 35 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: The Case of the 44 Murders in Mid–Air

Pg… 42 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: A Look at the World's Week

Pg… 44 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: Coups in South American's Biggest Countries and Forces Behind Them

Pg… 53 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: A 1956 Preview for Democrats

Pg… 61 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: A Quebec Landslide Slices a Town and a Bishop's Palace

Pg… 69 THE WEEK'S EVENTS: Australia Welcomes Its Millionth Migrant?a Pretty One

Pg… 48 EDITORIAL: American Conservatism

Pg… 74 PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY: The Fabulous Frontier: Part VI of LIFE'S Series on "America's Art and Skills" Depicts the Practical Arts Used by Generations of U.S. Pioneers. Photographed for LIFE by Gjon Mill

Pg… 118 ARTICLE: It's Adial vs. Stevenson for the Democratic Nomination: A National Survey by James L. McConaughy Jr.

Pg… 91 LITERATURE: Poet Robert Frost Recites to Save "Poetry" Magazine

Pg… 97 FASHION: Marie–Chantal, an Imaginary Madcap, Captures Paris

Pg… 105 RELIGION: Seattle Jailbirds Rebel Against Visiting Evangelists

Pg… 113 EDUCATION: Cheers at The Citadel: General Clark Spruces Up a Historic Old School

Pg… 139 MOVIES: Italian Star Anna Magnani is a Magnificent Drab in "Rose Tattoo"

Pg… 148 FOOD: Tory Chiefs Decorate Hams with Leaders' Pictures

Pg… 151 SCIENCE: An Intricate Model Shows how an Antarctic Metropolis Could Create Its Own Climate Under Glass Domes

Pg… 154 THEATER: Kaleidoscopic Carol: Miss Channing Plays a Farm Girl and Vamp

Pg… 156 PARTY: Revival in Vienna: City Rejoices as Its Great Opera House Opens Again. Color Photographs for LIFE by Ralph Crane

Pg… 8 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Speaking of Pictures: New Yorkers Ogle a White Python

Pg… 17 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Letters to the Editors

Pg… 162 OTHER DEPARTMENTS: Miscellany: Frosty Feline Follower